The Walkmen: Last News

The Walkmen have announced that they will be celebrating the end of their tour by washing cars outside the venue of their final tour date.The NYC indie heroes have added a handful of new tour dates with their final show taking place in Brooklyn, New York at Kings Theatre on October 17. Taking to their official Twitter page, the band shared that they will be washing 100 cars outside of the venue.According to a video posted to their Twitter account, the first 500 ticket buyers will be placed in a raffle and 100 winners will have their cars washed by all five members of The Walkmen.but there is no way this isn’t a great idea.

The Walkmen‘s Hamilton Leithauser has revealed that David Byrne is working on a brand new solo album that will feature him on it.While opening up about the nine songs that have been the most influential in his life in a feature with The Line Of Best Fit, Leithauser mentioned ‘Heaven’ by Talking Heads as one of the tracks and shared that he kept going back to the legendary NYC band’s third album ‘Fear Of Music’ while working on his forthcoming solo album ‘This Side of the Island’.“I think ‘Fear of Music’ is their best record. The words to that song (‘Heaven’) are amazing.

The Walkmen‘s Hamilton Leithauser has announced a new solo album, and has shared the new single ‘Knockin’ Heart’ – check it out below.Last night (January 8), Leithauser took to social media to announce the upcoming album, titled ‘This Side of the Island’. The album is due for release on March 7 via Glassnote – you can pre-order or pre-save your copy here.‘This Side of the Island’, which was previewed by the title track in December, is co-produced by Leithauser and his wife Anna Stumpf, with co-production work from The National‘s Aaron Dessner on seven of its nine tracks.Leithauser wrote of the upcoming album: “I cannot wait for you to hear the whole thing.

The Walkmen frontman Hamilton Leithauser has shared a new solo single ‘This Side Of The Island’, and announced a run of intimate live shows.The anthemic track serves as the first preview of the singer-songwriter’s upcoming EP, which is expected to arrive at some point next year.Co-produced by Leithauser, Aaron Dessner (The National) and his wife Anna Stumpf, the reflective and bittersweet song showcases the artist’s “unrelenting optimism and biting humour amongst a polarised social and political world”.“This Side Of The Island’ is a song about disillusionment, acceptance and resolve,” he explained.“The foundation of the far lower east side of Manhattan where I used to live was actually constructed out of garbage from the 1600s all the way up to the 1970s – a decent metaphor for the fundamentally-flawed relationship I was in when I lived there; and more broadly, for the modern collective identity of the United States.”Leithauser continued: “In the last decade, I think our country has more publicly and flagrantly revealed its true colours – an ugly side that was always there, but has now transformed our mainstream character. But there are still great people, great ideas, and great accomplishments all around us, and it is important not to lose sight of that.“Sometimes when I see what I consider to be things barrelling in the wrong direction, I feel totally helpless.

The Walkmen made good on their promise last night (October 17) when they washed fans’ cars before their final show in Brooklyn.The American indie veterans first teased fans with the prospect earlier this year, when they announced the final show of their reunion tour back in July, and told fans that the first 500 to buy tickets would be entered into a draw to have their car washed by the band.“We are not sure on all the details yet, but there is no way this isn’t a great idea,” they wrote at the time.Originally the carwash was scheduled to take place last Friday (October 13), however, this was soon shifted to the morning of the Brooklyn gig, just hours before the members took to the stage at Kings Theater.Kicking off at 10am, Hamilton Leithauser, Walter Martin, Peter Bauer, and Paul Maroon were all present with their buckets, sponges and even matching jumpsuits.

The National frontman Matt Berninger has revealed to NME details of a sitcom he’s been working with brother Tom, titled Dos Apes.The long-mooted project was first teased back in 2020, when the Matt Berninger told NME that he was working on a sequel acclaimed film Mistaken For Strangers, as well as a TV show. Released in 2013, Mistaken For Strangers followed Berninger’s brother Tom as he joined the band on the road and attempted to document their journey while also failing in his role as tour manager.

Idlewild frontman Roddy Woomble has shared his new solo single as Almost Nothing, ‘Instant Love’. Check it out first on NME below, as Woomble also tells us about his new project, supporting The Walkmen, and what’s next for the Scottish cult rockers.After launching his new “genre-fluid” electro-tinged project under his new moniker with the new single ‘Anything Whatever’, now Woomble has shared the elegiac but “positive” next taster of his next album with ‘Instant Love’.“It’s not a song that defines the record but is a really good indication of what’s to come,” Woomble told NME.

The Strokes‘ headline day at London’s All Points East festival has now added a huge raft of names including The Walkmen, Be Your Own Pet, Warmduscher and many more.As previously announced, the band will be headlining the Victoria Park festival on Friday August 25 joined by fellow New York indie legends Yeah Yeah Yeahs – as well as Girl In Red, Amyl And The Sniffers, Angel Olsen, Black Midi, Julie, HotWax and Nieve Ella.Now, more artists have been added – including The Walkmen, Warmduscher, The Lazy Eyes, Be Your Own Pet, BBY, HighSchool, Hannah Grae, Silvertwin, Brigette Calls Me Baby and Vacations.Check out the full line-up below, and visit here for tickets and more information.This comes after The Walkmen recently returned to perform their first shows together in a decade, while Be Your Own Pet are also on the comeback trail with their first new music in 15 years.The Strokes, touring in support of their acclaimed 2020 album ‘The New Abormal‘, but were recently recording new material together with producer Rick Rubin, however according to guitarist Albert Hammond Jr, new material might not be on the immediate horizon.“I don’t know what to say about it – I don’t have any information on it,” Hammond Jr told NME back in April, announcing his recently released solo record ‘Melodies On Hiatus‘. “It’s not like it’s happening and I’m hiding something.

The Walkmen returned to the stage after a decade-long hiatus for their first full-length performance on April 22.The band recently appeared on The Late Show With Stephen Colbert for their first television appearance in 10 years where they performed their 2004 hit ‘The Rat’.Ahead of their extensive North American headline tour, The Walkmen took to the Westerly Sound at United Theatre in Rhode Island for their first show since they decided to go on “extreme hiatus”.The 21-song set consisted of a mix of songs mainly drawing upon their albums ‘Bows + Arrows’, ‘Everyone Who Pretended To Like Me Is Gone’ and ‘You & Me’.They played their biggest hit, ‘The Rat’, second after opening with ‘They’re Winning’. The band also aired crowd favourites ‘Angela Surf City’ and ‘In The New Year’ before ending the show with ‘Heaven’.Watch fan-shot footage and see the full setlist below.‘They’re Winning’‘The Rat’‘In The New Year’‘On The Water’‘No Christmas While I’m Talking’‘Wake Up’‘Blue As Your Blood’‘Juveniles’‘Dónde Está La Playa’‘Angela Surf City’‘Blizzard Of ’96’‘New Years Eve’‘Everyone Who Pretended To Like Me Is Gone’‘Little House Of Savages’‘138th Street’‘All Hands And The Cook’‘Heaven’The band– comprised of Hamilton Leithauser, Paul Maroon, Walter Martin, Peter Bauer and Matt Barrick – are currently staging a five-night residency at Webster Hall in their hometown of New York City.In a recent interview with NME, Letihauser shared that the Walkmen reunion had been suggested for several years but explained: “It just wasn’t the right time for everybody.

The Walkmen frontman Hamilton Leithauser has spoken to NME about his soon-to-be-released fifth solo album, the band’s heyday as portrayed in oral history Meet Me In The Bathroom, and what lead to the band reuniting.Before taking the stage for his residency at Manhattan’s Café Carlyle last month, Leithauser told us about the year ahead.Last November, The Walkmen announced they would perform for the first time in nearly a decade with a string of shows at New York City’s Webster Hall, set to run later this month from April 24-28. The shows mark a reunion for the band, who just a year after their last album release, 2012’s ‘Heaven’, went on an “extreme hiatus” according to what bassist Peter Bauer told the Washington Post at the time.

here.In January, they announced their return to the UK with some new London shows. The band, who surprised fans late last year with news that they would be reuniting for the first time in decade, will play two headline shows at London’s KOKO this August.Now, The Walkmen have added further dates, including shows in Glasgow, Manchester and Dublin, with an additional London date. Tickets for the new dates go on sale this Friday, March 31 and can be found here.In addition to the UK dates, the band are due to play a number of shows at New York’s Webster Hall in April.